Carrot Cake Cupcake!

Carrot Cake Cupcakes!!

1 Cup Flour

1 Cup Brown Sugar

1 tsp Cinnamon

1 tsp Nutmeg

1 tsp Baking Soda

1 tsp Baking Power

2 Eggs

½ Cup Oil

2 Cups Shredded Carrots

1/3  cup chopped walnuts

1/3 cup chocolate chips

Makes 12 cupcakes

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Line your cupcake tin with liners

In a medium bowl mix together your dry ingredients.  Flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and baking powder.

Flour: 

Brown Sugar 

Cinnamon and  Nutmeg 

Baking soda and Baking powder 

Ahhh - all the dry ingredients! 

Take a fork or something and smoosh it all together. 

Get two eggs. 

Beat them together. 

Then add the oil and keep beating. 

Start slowly adding your dry mixture. 

I did about a cup at a time. 

Shred your carrots.  First time I grated.  Next time I used the food processor and then this machine - did the same thing and saved my arms a lot of work! 

Add them to your mixing bowl. 

Get your nuts - I used walnuts. 

Then your chocolate chips (OK - I used a lot more than 1/3 of a cup) 

Then I put them in the mini chopper and chopped them up. 

Tada. 

Then add it to your mixing bowl.  I have read to stir it in, I am lazy - I just used the mixer - I am lazy! 

See - it's mixing nicely! 

Then pour it into something that won't make a mess when you are filling your cupcake liners.

All filled and ready to go - this makes 12 perfectly. 

This this them about half way done as I turned them. 

Cooling down on the cooling rack.  Don't they look good as is! 

While the cupcakes are cooling – make your frosting.

8 ounce Cream Cheese softened

½ cup butter (one stick)

2 tsp vanilla

6 cups of softened power sugar

• Sift your sugar – then measure your 6 cups
• Beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla
• Slowly add powdered sugar, I did about a cup at a time

Use a large tip in a pastry bag – I put mine in a tall glass and poured it into the bag.  Opps – wait – this is where I added food coloring to tint it orange.

Then swirl it on your cooled cupcakes.

I topped mine with some powered sugar.  I put it in my sifter and brought the cooling rack over to the sink – then put it right on – no mess to clean up – and a nice light dusting for an added décor.

The taste – perfection!

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes

Seriously what can be better than Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes!!!!!

I told my mom I would make cupcakes for Mothers Day.  I was going to make them from scratch - but then we decided to get together today instead of Sunday.  So I improvised. I had this in the cupboard, and it was perfect, it is a half portion - and makes 12 cupcakes - perfect!  I don't have to eat the leftovers!

Make it as the directions say. 

Add some awesome and most necessary chocolate chips. 

Make sure you have an adorable helper to stir those chocolate chips in.

So here is what they looked like - they look ok - right. 

Wrong - you have to add the best part - my favorite - REESE'S!!! 

I went to Walgreens - and I wanted to find the mini Reese's.  They were so expensive. I found the regular ones on sale!  Yippy! So I cut it in 4's.

Then I put one piece in the center. 

Push it down into the batter. 

Further.... 

Till it's all covered. 

Now they are ready to go into the oven!

Now - for the next part - I took Peanut Butter - about 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup.  Then microwave it.  I heated it up :25 sec stir, and then another :25 sec. 

Then pour it over the frosting - I just used regular chocolate frosting. 

Then use your beaters - and mix them together.

MMmmm... forget the cupcakes - I'll just eat the frosting. 

Baked cupcakes - lookin good! 

Then fill a bag with a wide tip. 

And decorate!!!! 

Then top with some more chopped up Reese's on top and you are good to go! 

Then I put them back into the pan to transport to my mom's for mothers day! 

I think he likes it!

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